Around the same time, the four founders employed the school's first Caretaker, Hankerton Humble, who would often clash with Peeves, the resident Poltergeist, which he would have in common with every successive caretaker after him in the history of Hogwarts. They also placed certain protective enchantments in place to ensure the well-being of their students, for which reason the castle and grounds had both always been protected with Anti-Apparition Charms. They each represented an aspect of personality that they wanted to bring out in new students. by four of the greatest wizards and witches of the age: Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw, and Salazar Slytherin. " We'll teach just those whose ancestry's purest." - Professor Slytherin's opinion on the running of Hogwarts Radios, however, were an exception as they were not powered by electricity, but by magic. Due to the high levels of magic, Muggle substitutes for magic, such as computers, radar and electricity, "went haywire" around Hogwarts. Electricity and electronic devices were not found at Hogwarts. Witches and wizards could not Apparate or Disapparate in Hogwarts grounds, except for when the Headmaster lifted the enchantment, whether only in certain areas or for the entire campus, so as to make the school less vulnerable when it served the headmaster to allow Apparition. The school had numerous charms and spells on and around it that made it impossible for a Muggle to see it as the school rather, they saw only ruins and several warnings of danger. The castle had been around for centuries, and consequently had a long history of ancient magic.
Albus Dumbledore once noted that even he did not know all of Hogwarts' secrets. The castle was known for its many updates and changes in layout throughout the years.It should be noted that some rooms in the school tended to "move around", as did the steps on the Grand Staircase. The castle's 142 staircases were known to change position. Its three highest towers were the Astronomy, Ravenclaw, and Gryffindor Towers. The castle was set upon huge rocks above the Black Lake. One of the castle's towers held an owlery, which housed all the owls owned by the school and by students. Hogwarts School, located somewhere in the Highlands of Scotland, consisted of the large Hogwarts Castle and extensive school grounds surrounding it, which included sloping lawns, flowerbeds, vegetable patches, as well as a loch (called the Black Lake), a large dense forest (called the Forbidden Forest), several greenhouses and other outbuildings, and a full-size Quidditch Pitch.
View of the Hogwarts Castle and baskets of the Quidditch pitch The school's motto was Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus (Draco Dormiens Nvnqvam Titillandvs), which, translated from Latin, means "Never tickle a sleeping dragon". However, if the child in question was a Muggle-born or a half-blood like Harry Potter with no knowledge of the wizarding world, a staff member from the school visited the child and his or her family in order to inform them of their magical heritage and the existence of the wizarding world. Children with magical abilities were enrolled at birth, and acceptance was confirmed by owl post at age eleven. Įstablished around the 10th century, Hogwarts was considered to be one of the finest magical institutions in the wizarding world, though other notable schools included Beauxbatons Academy of Magic in France, the Durmstrang Institute implied to be in northern Europe, and Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the United States. Similarly, most wizarding schools' locations were protected in order to prevent their ways of teaching being revealed, as well as protect the students and schools themselves from any harm. To Muggles, the school appeared to be an old, abandoned castle. The precise location of the school could never be uncovered because it was rendered Unplottable. It was a state-owned school, funded by the Ministry of Magic. It accepted magical students from Great Britain and Ireland for enrolment. Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, often shortened to Hogwarts, was the British wizarding school, located in the Scottish Highlands. " The finest school of witchcraft and wizardry in the world." - Rubeus Hagrid's praising of Hogwarts
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